butter n Cp NID butternose; cp OED ~ sb¹ 4: ~ pot (1693), SEARY 61, 63; OED ~ tooth obs (1571-1782), EDD 1 (34).
   Attrib, comb butter bitch: man in charge of ship's stores.
   1924 ENGLAND 52 The storekeeper, because he has charge of the butter, rejoices in the euphonious title of 'butter bitch.'
   buttercup: marsh marigold (Caltha palustris) (1956 ROULEAU 27).
   butter-nosed diver: American black scoter (Oidemia nigra americana) (1959 MCATEE 18).
   butter plant, ~ root: cinnamon fern (Osmunda cinnamomea) (1956 ROULEAU 27).
   P 113-73 Butter root [is] a fern with crisp, carrotty-like root [which] was eaten.
   butter pot: in place-names, prominent rounded hill; TOLT.
   1626 [VAUGHAN] The Golden Fleece [a1^v] Butter pots [Mason's map]. [1663] 1963 YONGE 55 The land we saw [near Renews] was two hommitts, or craggy hills which (before the land near the sea appeared) seemed like islands, and these they call the Butter Pots. 1951 Nfld & Lab Pilot i, 88 Butterpot hill rises to an elevation of 955 feet.
   butter tooth: either of the two broad front teeth.
   P 151-68 The words 'front teeth' [are] never used, it is always 'butter teeth.'

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